Picture = I have a friend, who's brother saw Alywn eat the head off of a baby...swear to god.
Silence = He'd be on the losing end if he said anything. If he doesn't say\do anything then it'll get swept under the rug faster. If he makes a big deal out of it he'll have to swim against the current of evidence. IMO him not making an effort to defend himself if a
PR move, not a class one.
Losing customers = IMO there's a difference in between alienating customers that you already have and alienating customers that you don't already have. People likely have heard Lyle's name and a product or two that never have before, and considering that he's not getting credited properly in his work probably never would have heard of him. So people that would have never heard of him as long as they live now know that he's a meany head, and produces the best dieting\nutrition material that money can buy.